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Diary of Events

2011
Saturday, January 15th'Going the Rounds' Concert, Cranbrook Congregational Church, High Street
Postponed from Dec 4th by bad weather
Saturday, May 14th"Hark the Glad Sound" - Concert to celebrate the 200th anniversary
of St.Peter's Methodist Church, Canterbury - (picture)
Saturday, June 11thPRIVATE Concert for the Jane Austen Society at
Godmersham Park House, near Ashford - (picture)
Saturday, June 18th"Travelling in Hope" Concert, St.Margaret's, Hothfield - (picture)
Saturday, July 2ndRother Valley and Marshes Church Tour giving short informal concerts in Smallhythe, Peasmarsh, East Guldeford, and Fairfield
See Pictures and listen to some Recordings from the day HERE
Sunday, October 2nd"Catches and Glees" Workshop, Town Hall, Tenterden (part of Tenterden Folk Festival)
 Watch a video of us on YouTube singing Reginald Spofforth's glee "Hail Smiling Morn"
Saturday, Dec 3rdChristmas Concert, St.George's, Benenden - (picture) - Video on YouTube
Wednesday, Dec 14thChristmas Concert, Wadhurst History Society

 
2012

Saturday, May 12thAnnual Church Tour giving short informal concerts in four churches - to be arranged
Saturday, October 6thConcert Tenterden (part of Tenterden Folk Festival)


 
What we did in 2010

Saturday, January 23rd'Going the Rounds' Concert, St.John the Baptist, Wateringbury
Saturday, May 8thLen & Stour Valley Church Tour giving short informal concerts in four parish churches:
Lenham, Charing, Hothfield & Egerton
Saturday, May 22nd'Jubilee' Concert, Friar's School, Great Chart
In aid of the Raise the Roof Appeal at St.Mary's parish church
Saturday, June 5th'Jubilee' Concert, All Saints, Brenchley
Saturday, October 2ndConcert, St.Mildred's, Tenterden (part of Tenterden Folk Festival)

Sunday, October 3rd"West Gallery Carols" Workshop, Town Hall, Tenterden (part of Tenterden Folk Festival)

Saturday, October 23rd'Jubilee' Concert, Christchuch, South Ashford
Saturday, December 4th'Going the Rounds' Concert, Cranbrook Congregational Church, High Street
Cancelled due to bad weather
Saturday, December 11th'Going the Rounds' Concert, Sandhurst Baptist Church, Rye Road - (picture)


See pictures of our 2006 Church Tour of Wittersham, Northiam, Newenden, & Sandhurst
2008 Church Tour of Brenchley, Wateringbury, East Peckham & West Peckham
2009 Church Tour of Bonnington, Newchurch, St.Mary in the Marsh, & Brookland
 

The Village Quire What is West Gallery Music?
Find out about the music we perform and how it got its name.
Georgian Churches
What were eighteenth century churches like inside? - before the Victorians "improved" them!
St.Peter's Methodist Church Who was Thomas Clark?
The Canterbury shoemaker who was the most prolific composer of West Gallery Music.